Confetti cartridge and gun.



G. W. HARTMAN.

CONFETTI CARTRIDGE AND GUN. APPLICATION FILED JAN.26, 1914.

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(gum/M10 G W. HRRTM A N GEORGE W. HARTMAN, OF McKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONFETTI CARTRIDGE AND GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,509.

ticularly in certain sections of this country,

but a large amount of the confetti is wasted when it is thrown looselyfrom the hand, while at the same time the person throwing the confettiin this manner must be very close to the party to be sprinkled therewithon account ofthe fact that the brightly c01 ored paper particles arelight. With a knowledge of these conditions, I have conceived the ideaof a container or cartridge in which the confetti may be easily packed,said cartridge being designed to be held within an air gun of anydesired design, whereby a blast of' air therethrough may throw or ejectthe confetti a considerable distance and in a well directed line andwithout undue waste, whereby any predetermined supply will lastrelatively long. v

A further object of the invention is a device of this character whichcan be cheaply manufactured and sold at a relatively low cost or evengiven away as an advertising novelty, and. which will be attractive inthat it is preferably composed of some transparent substance whereby thebrightly colored paper particles may be viewed therethrough, the packagecomprised by the cartridge and its contents being very easily handledand easily packed.

A still further object of the invention is an improved construction andarrangement of parts, whereby the cartridge may be easily handled theoperation of scattering the confetti, and in this connection and forthis purpose I have-devised an air un 'or blower of specialconstructionwhich is designed to co-act with the confetti cartridge, as will behereinafter more fully set forth. And the invention also aims togenerally improve amusement devices of this type so as to render themmore useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention-consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to behad to thefollowing de scription and accompanying drawing, in which I Figure l isa view of the air gun or blower m the form of a walking stick or cane,-the same being provided with a laterally disposed handle portion,although it maybe straight if desired, and this form or design of thedevice being merely selected for the purposes of illustration, as it isto be understood that various other designs may be made up, as taste andjudgment may dictate. Figs. 2 and 3 are longitudinal sectional views ofa portion of the device on a large scale, Fig. 2 showing the cartridgein section, the cartridge and its handle being omitted in Fig. 3. Fig. 4is a detail view of a blank out of which may be formed a cup orfollower,

shown in the rear end of the cartridge in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is afragmentary perspective view of the cartridge shell,showing thelongitudinal corrugations therein.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in all of the views of the accompanyingdrawing'by like reference characters.

My improved confetti cartridge includes a shell 1 which may be composedof any transparent or translucent substance, such as relatively thinpaper, celluloid, gelatin, or any similar substance, the shell beingcylindrical in form and being preferably provided with corrugationswhich, in the present instance, run longitudinally, as mdicated at 2' inF ig. 5. "The shell 1 is open throughout in its initial condition, asclearly indicated in the drawing, and is preferably provided atwhat'may. be termed the rear end'with an outwardly disposed bead 3, for

a purpose presently described. A preferably cup-shaped disk 4 of paperor any other suitable substance is frictionally held within the rear endof the shell 1, to form a closure therefor, the cupped face facingrearward in order to be best disposed against the blast of air, andwithin the other end of the shell is another disk, designated 5, thelast named disk being preferably provided with an outstanding rim flange6 terminating flush with the outer wall of the shell.

The shell 1 preferably contains a follower and scatterer 7 which may beformed from a blank of paper or other light substance,

with its edges notched or scalloped, as indicated at 8. This followerand scatterer is mounted within the rear end of the shell and preferablyin abutting relation to the rearmost closure or-disk 4 and after thedisk 4 has been inserted in place and the follower dropped into theshell, the shell and the fol- 10 'lower therein are filled with theconfetti which is indicated at 9, after which the disk 5 is inserted inplace, so as to produce the completed package or cartridge.

From as much of the description as has preceded in connection with thecorrelated views of the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that Ihaveprovided a very simple and attractive form of confetti cartridgewhich may be very easily handled and packed for shipment and which bybeing transparent or translucent, will show the brightly coloredpaperparticles contained therein, thereby materially adding to theattractiveness of the device. In the preferred' use of a cartridge ofthis formation,

I employ in connection therewith an air gun or blower which, in thepresent instance, is the form of a cane, although it is to beu'nderstoodthatthe"invention is not limited 3'0 this regard,flashereinbefore set forth.

This cane'is designated 10, and is shown as provided with a laterallydisposed handle portion 11, the cane and its handle portion a beingopenthroughout from end to end, whereby a person may place his or hermouth upon the relatively lower or butt end of the cane and blowtherethrough .so as to eject the confetti in a well directed line uponthe head or bod of another person,

40 for example. Prefera ly the handle 11 is formed'with an'enlarged bore12 which ter- ,minates at it s rear or inner end in an annular shoulder13', against which the outwardly beaded end 3 of the cartridge shell 1is designed to abut. I prefer to use in connection with the main or bodyportion of the gun or blower a tubular breech l4 in which the cartridgeis initially adapted to be inserted till the bead abuts against one endof the breech, after which the breech is thrust into the discharge endof the'gun (the, handle of the cane in the present instance) into theposition-clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Thus, it will beunderstood that when ablast of air passes through the gun from one endtoward the said discharge end, the confetti will be blown out of the gunand scattered as desired, the disks 4 and 5 readily yielding as they arevery thin and merely held in place by frictional engagement. It

is to be further noted that by employing the follower 7 with itsforwardly pointed fingers that are formed by the notches or scallops 8an effectual scattering of the confetti will be produced, as the fingerswill tend to spread out upon impact with the air as the follower issuesfrom the gun.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple, attractive andeflicient form of amusement device possessing many and vantages ashereinbefore specified, and it is to be understood that while theaccompany-. ing drawing illustrates what I believe to be the preferredembodiment of my invention, the invention is not limited thereto, butthat various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement andproportions of the parts without departing from the scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims. 30

What is claimed, is:

1. In an amusement device of the character described, an air gunprovidedin its discharge end with a bore and a shoulder therein, a tubularbreech insertible within 5 said bore, and a confetti cartridgeinsertible withinthe breech, and containing confetti and provided withreadily detachable means for holding confetti therein, whereby a blastofair through the gun will blow the confetti from the end thereof.

2. An amusement device of the character described, comprising a blowgun, the discharge end of which is formed with a bore and with anannular shoulder therein, a 5 tubular breech insertible within the bore,and a confetti cartridge insertible within the breech, and formed at oneend with an outwardly directed bead adapted to be held between saidshoulder and the end of the breech, as and for the pur ose set forth.

In testimony whereof hereunto afiix my signature in thetpresence of twowitnesses.

V GEORGE W. HARTMAN.

Witnesses:

D. W. GALL, FREDERICK S. Smrrr.

